tutorial - a basic animation part 1

[700Gianluca]

what program do you use?

[Ealija]

You must try creating a mod/prefab for other modders,wich would trigger the animations you do!Or perhaps make a more immersive version for Half life,as I saw the trailer of the body of gordon.

[vissova]

May i ask;

What programs and other things do you use here? It kinda bugs me your didn't include them in the description.

Please reply, thanks. :D

[Rayss95]

So much love for you right now.

[GreenThundr]

ur awsome!



[Lilbluemine]

Wow been looking for something like this for ages.

[sssibal18]

Very nice :)

[S1lentStr1ke]

How do you edit the source models in 3ds Max? Do you convert them? How do you do that...?

[TheBoredTV]

You are so talented and practiced in animation. It seriously looks like some people from Valve made it. Congrats to you.

[DarkDeserter]

Can anyone explain to me how to get the HD textures like in his video? I followed his tut on getting them onto a model but when i did it for the pyro they came out flat and ugly.

[SuPeRiSoNiC]

@DarkDeserter Tha'ts what usually happens when you view this normally.

Try to render it and you'll see. :D

[coolerthanu9]

W00T 100TH LIKE! So, Jazz, I really think you would make a great source mod for Half Life 2 and I would just love it so much and would probably do a walkthrough of it. Your animations are qust the best. Also, congradulations on the Dance Fortress 2 video. I can't wait for your next video. Bye!

[DarkSwift2204]

whats the shortcut to switch from select and rotate to select and move?

[MinecraftLikerKake]

Why is ur skelition more moveable then mine when i push on my skeletieion the foots wont stand they just getting pushed down?

[BlackTurtle82]

This looks very different from my 3DS max because I can only move the bones and not the entire body..Do you use plugins or something?

[umpalumpa101909]

"Oooh, That's a bit fucked up" That made me laugh, So un-expected lol, Great stuff

[ChaozMaker140890]

Hmm what an odd way of animating, you are quite fast and you sure have a idea of all the principles, but i think you could be even better if you use the normal process of 3d animation, blocking, linear and splined, as i noticed you are always in linear,even tho your timing it while animating, your posing isnt that great, offsets could be easily managed with the graph editor, etc.

[MisterBeaverSaysNo]

What programm are you using? :D

[Shvetsrus]

What is programm?

[jokerace321]

what thing are you using to do this?

[phonerus]

I think your work is amazing especially because you taught yourself!

I am thinking of pursuing a career in animation but was wondering if it is hard to get work out there? and when you get work is it good pay.. i know you shouldn't think about the money aspect but at the end of the day its better to get paid at what you enjoy :) thanks and again your videos are some what inspirational for me anyhow keep doing what you do !

[LordScrambles]

Is this that program that cost's like... $3,500 dollars?

[ricksaburai]

@LordScrambles it will cost a few cents if you just download it :P

[AaronDude77]

Which one do you reccomend more for begineers, 3dsmax or blender. (or a diff animation software)

[ThunderEwokB]

Hi, amazing videos, i watched Dance Fortress like 20 times and your other vids but I'm not here to say how amazing your stuff is, i want to learn something :P I have a problem... I'm animating biped and when I'm trying to move part called bip01 (that light blue square in his ass) everything else is moving too. What should i do if i want to keep his feet and hands in one place when moving other bones and move 'em manually later? I apologize for my English..

[G0dsl4yer]

@ThunderEwokB Use planted keys.

[ThunderEwokB]

@G0dsl4yer That would be very helpful two weeks ago but.. thanks.

[conradlee65]

Your English that make me proud to be English.

[BAZOOKABELLY]

british geek

[YummyLoogie]

transcribe audio: its doubtful osha smokes

[LookAFlyingWalrus]

Whats this program

[TheLokiFace]

what's the shortcut to move the keyframe scrubber?

[cogor57]

Hey man thanks for the tutorial, i've learning a lot of things that improve my animation

[efkuniuskool]

What tool are you using for this? 3Ds MAX?

[shinobihalo]

What program is this? Please answer

[armaholic1234]

i cant even make a box on that program

[ENDORPHINSAM]

Only have 2 questions

1: That looks really easy, just drag and drop and hit next frame, Is it that easy?

2: What program is it?

[MtnGoat645]

Nice tuts, hopefully I can actually apply some physics to this. :P

Just a quick question though, let's just say half way through animating (in Max with CAT of course) I find out that my rig is stuffed up and there is something I need to fix, what should I do? Should the rig be fixed even if it's half-way thru animation or should I revert to an older save, fix the rig, and start all over again? Thanks man. :)

[ryansdogsadie]

what program is this I MUST KNOW HOW TO MAKE FILMS LIKE HUNTER FIGHTS

[AW350M3P4NC4K3]

I suck at maya, how do you get the characters in? i can get the models with textures but I can't size them down

[DKC1011]

This is really good!. I like the way the animation starts out shit but slowly and surly grows better and better to the point of near perfection, this deserves a thumbs up.

[whitescape]

your workflow is somewhat differenct than other's i guess....i mean i never saw someone animate in such way...but the end result is great and that's what matters :D

awesome tutorial mate! I learned so much from these vids. respect!

[FlashInovations]

Have you thought of making a model tutoria? or am I thinking of something else?

[calgun2]

@thejazzman9475 I NEED NAME PROGRAM

[NorwayDouche]

@calgun2 it's 3D's max

thar you go. say thank you now...

[raCteJ]

The bounce is like... I saw something that talked about robots and how they're kept from having extremely jerky and non-human-like and it eventually worked when they tried having them move past where they're supposed to go and coming back to the correct position. When they did that, it made the movements much, much smoother (looking), and made the movements seem more fluid and... natural, I suppose.

[roxonogueira]

FINALLY someone did a tutorial about CAT animation other than showing off CAT motion presets and footprints and all... THANK YOU!!

[CherryPiFilms]

what program are you using to record the screen?

[G4isawsome]

love ur vids and want to get into doing what u do but what program do you use and how do i get charecters from video games or something like that to animate?

[EspanZeTTo]

What da program is that?

[TheDarknessOfTheDay]

this is basic ?

[UtubeH8tr]

AWW!!!! I KNEW YOU WERE A MAX USER.

thank god cause i see very few tutorials like this.

[39Mick0tf2]

"Pent up Kinetic Energy" = Potential Energy :P

[thejazzman9475]

@39Mick0tf2 A man of science in our midst, I should probably have spent less time working on my Dragonball Z pen and paper RPG rulebook in Biology class.

[ELJOHNT]

@thejazzman9475 What he said isn't bio, it's physics.

[thejazzman9475]

@ELJOHNT RIght. I guess I thought it was within the bracket of science and so maybe the joke was OK, I guess it was not. I feel terrible.

[ELJOHNT]

@thejazzman9475 lol :P

[RaggyFTWW]

where do you get the models from? Game folders or online resources?

[thejazzman9475]

@RaggyFTWW Check out the tutorials on my channel, they'll tell you everything you need to know :)

[Tjoffe96]

@thejazzman9475 I have some questions ..

1. Can you make tutorials on Half Life 2?

2. How do you make those boxes on the character?

Thank you..

[Minamiblues]

*laughs* "Oh **** off." Oh you're an animator all right. XD Looks like this program makes it more easy to place the legs, I always get irritated by those.

[TheRedAngelz]

What program are you animating in?

And where do you get the models? Do you set up the muscles/rigs yourself?

[cassandra5322]

8:18 'aw fuck off'

[PrincessAirionna565]

8:21 PARTY HARD!! 8D

In all seriousness, though, I cannot express to you how amazing it is that you made this tutorial. ^^ You make it seem so easy! Keep up the awesomeness, and get well soon!

[ZombieDude323]

I accidentally deleted the CAT muscles when animating, when i clicked on undo, I got the cat muscle back in place, but the pyro model got fucked up, is this possible to fix? Or do I have to start all over again?

[thejazzman9475]

@ZombieDude323 You may need to load a previous save, hope you've been making new saves a lot like I suggested :( sorry if you lose stuff.

[ZombieDude323]

@thejazzman9475 I had to start over again, but the animation turned out a lot better this time. When I'm done I'm gonna upload it. :)

[thejazzman9475]

@ZombieDude323 sweet

[ZombieDudealt]

@thejazzman9475 The animation is uploaded, please tell me what you think. :)

[Robfire10]

What program is this? Please tell.

[Lawlzy72]

thank you so much :D

[homestar118]

Can I just take a moment to say, this sheds so much light on the 3D animation process, both how to work the program, and how the body moves. (I struggled with proper weight distribution when I was into drawing, and it drove me insane.)

You make this look like it can be done so quickly and easily, and while I am sli-i-ightly envious, *cough*, I smile so much wider because this makes me feel, in a sense, relieved. Like, there's no magic trick; it is doable by the mortal man.

Get well soon, Jazz!

[dammilo]

it's gonna go thsss dang like pfffhh

awesome videos

[reusol]

did you goto uni btw and do a 3D animation or did you just simply know animation through trial and error

[thejazzman9475]

@reusol I guess I'd say I learned through trial and error, mostly just looked at animations I thought were cool in other games.

[Homeworkbad]

Just gonna have a swig of my tea. One moment.

This guy is awesome.

[ledgendaryk]

soo im retard laungage this is pivot for experts XD

[timmymonsta]

If you were not teaching this to us, how long would it have taken you to do this animation? (compared to the around 40 minutes it took you to teach this to us)

[thejazzman9475]

@timmymonsta *shrug* dunno, maybe half the time or something? no science to it, sometimes it comes out fast, sometimes slow. Or I might have just doodled around for 2 hours and not got much done hehe

[llamapi3]

Pyro is a she!

[PressXtonotdie]

@llamapi3 Nope. No one knows. Sometimes valve says he, soemtimes she. THey're trolling us.

[mrwaha1]

@PressXtonotdie yea valve are the worlds biggest trolls

[PressXtonotdie]

@mrwaha1 that'd be 4chan.

[AlexeyY1983]

for me straight ahead method is a bit to mess. meaning i have trouble wrapping my head around it

[MaxOfS2D]

I find your three-frames key method to be very interesting

[Zebigboss]

Thanks!

[Gonamez]

every third frame... good tip. I will try that.

These basic tutorials are very good, thank you!

[MrProgrampro]

So nice of you to keep this up even when you're ill! :D

Dooo-DJOOF! Lol nice "beautiful voice" there :P

[MagicAssasin]

You sure love pyro's hips don't you?

[Richard600606]

@MagicAssasin

dey r sexah

lol kidding

[FrankHongArts]

Thanks James, this is a wonderfully useful tutorial. Great work as always mate.

[christianwookey]

*tooff*

[kademan13]

FIRST! I hate myself if I actually get first.

[SylvieNe]

@kademan13 Fail.

[SamIbachMack]

Keep making vids man, your tutorials are interesting even to non-animators and your animations are just awesome!